› added 11 years ago

250

TIL Dr. Dre’s son died of a heroin overdose in 2008

Read more people.com

via reddit.com

neVWP TIL that the Vatican is the largest wine consumer in the world per capita. Each resident of the city-state consumes an average of 74 liters of wine per year, or nearly 100 bottles. This is twice as much as in France and seven times more than in the United States.
JxX1 TIL a man ate only bacon for 30 days, and lost about 20 lbs in 1 month.
69Vrl TIL a US Vice President and Nobel Laureate has a hit single "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards with the original melody having been composed by then future-VP Charles G. Dawes
RO1l TIL of 15 year-old World War One Royal Navy officer Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, having survived being torpedoed on three different ships within one hour, all of which sunk, swimming to each after abandonment of the last. Musgrave went on to survive the war and live a full life until 1989.
pY9Np TIL: There is a shipwreck in a cave not far from New Zealand that contains close to 5 Million USD of gold.